Water stop or gate.



No. 663,265. Patented Dec. 4, |900.

w. S. FISHER.

WATER STOP 0R GATE.

(Application filed Apr. 25, 1900.1

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER STEWARD FISHER, OF ARTMAN, COLORADO.

WATER STOP OR GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 663,265, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed Apr-i125, 1900. Serial No. 14,279. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/s Be it known that I, WALTER STEWARD' FISHER, of Artman, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water Stops or Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved water-stop in the form of a gate for use in ditches such as are employed for purposes of irrigation; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stop as in use with the extensionwings adjusted outward beyond the main plate. Fig. 2 is a face View of the stop with the Wings adjusted inward, so their outer edges coincide with that of the main plate. Fig. 3 is a detail face view of the main plate, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the device for bracing the stop in position.

The stop, as shown, comprises a main plate A, which operates as a support and back for the extension-wings and is formed of suitable metal, preferably plate-steel No. l2 or lei. This main plate A is formed with the point A centrally at its lower end and curves or inclines gradually upward from such point, with its side edges sharpened, so it will enter the sides of a ditch like a chisel. A cleat B is secured upright upon the face of the plate A, at the center thereof, and forms a means by which to limit the inward movement of the levers for operating the Wings of the stop.

The wings C C are alike, except that they are rights and lefts,and have their outer edges conformed to those of the main plate A, against which they rest flatwise, as shown in Fig. l. The outer edges of the wings C are brought to an edge, so they will readily cut their Ways into the walls of the ditch. The wings C are pivoted at C, near their lower ends, to the back plate and are held close against the face of said back plate by a keeper D in the form of a bar fixed at its center D to the back plate A and overlapping at its ends the Wings, as shown in Figs. l and 2, in such manner as to press the plate A and the wings C closely together. The Wings C are movable in and out at their upper ends and are operated at such ends by the levers E E,

pivoted at their lower ends at E and connected by pitmen F with the extension-wings, so the Wings can be extended or retracted, as desired. In the retracted position of the wings the levers may abut the cleat B, as shown in Fig. 2, and be stopped thereby.

The cleat B may, when desired, be extended upward, as shown, forming a handle by which to manipulate the stop.

In the practical use of the stop in the manner illustrated in Fig. l a back brace consisting, as'shown in Fig. 4, of a rod G to extend in rear of the back plate and connected by chains G with stakes G2, driven in the ground, may be employed to aid in firmly anchoring the stop across the ditch.

In some instances the back plate may be employed without the extension-wings; but I prefer the said wings, as they extend the scope of the stop and permit its application to ditches differing considerably in width.

By the improved device water may be stopped at any point in the ditch and in ditches of different widths within the range of the stop. The stop can be easily handled and applied and removed by a boy or man and requires no skilled labor, may be applied whether the ditch contains water or is empty, and avoids destroying the level of the land as result-s from shoveling dirt down in ditches.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A water-stop for ditches comprising a main plate,extension`wings thereon,and lever devices for projecting and retracting said wings, said devices being pivoted independently of and connected with the wings substantially as set forth.

2. A water-stop composed of the main plate,

. the extension-Wings pivoted thereto and movsubstantially as set forth.

3. A water-stop comprising the main plate having a cleat, the extension-wings pivoted to said main plate, the levers for operating said extension-wings, and the keeper secured at its middle to the main plate and overlap- IOO ping the extension-Wings at its ends substanl 6. A Water-stop for ditehesvarranged to'e tially as set forth.

4. The Water-stop for ditchesllaving aplate to extend transversely of and close the ditch and a brace in rear of said plate composed of a bar, stakes and chains connecting the stakes with the bar all substantially as set forth.

5. A Water-stop for ditches comprising a main plate, extension-wings, leversv pivoted to the main plate, and links connecting the levers with their respective extension-Wings substantially as set forth.

tend transversely of and cut or seat in the Walls of the ditch, and an anchor-brace extendingr transversely of the stop and anchored at its ends, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WALTER STEWARD FISHER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH S. GREENE, S. HARRISON WHITE. 

